IV-Physicians is a special interest group of professionals that strives to bring together GLOBALLY-EDUCATED physicians-in-training, practitioners and in general healthcare professionals in the United States to address challenges in attaining permanent residence. IV-Physicians is derived out of Immigration Voice, and IV-Physicians' Charter includes the following:
- Advocate skilled immigration reform that ensures a competitive edge for America
- Influence policy-making to address healthcare shortages
- Guide healthcare professionals in positive career progression by navigating complex and intricate business and immigration laws
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This takes you to the sign up for Immigration Voice, our parent organization
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After these steps are complete go to:
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and request to be added as a member.
Please provide your iv nickname/handle so your completed profile can be verified.
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Saturday, July 14, 2007
IV- JOIN THE SKILLED IMMIGRANTS RALLY, SEP 18 WASHINGTON DC
Announcement:Immigration Voice will hold a rally and gathering in Washington DC on Sept 18th 2007.
Immigration Voice will be doing a huge rally of 10,000 plus members in Washington DC on September 18th. The route and timing will be announced shortly.
Every member must participate on Sept 18th in this rally in DC. Congress will be back from August recess in early September and there will be a fresh look at smaller pieces of immigration related issues, including high-skills immigration.
After having favorable consequences from the flower campaign and the San Jose rally, it is now time to have a big event in the front-yard of congress in Washington DC, so that the long ignored issue of visa backlogs (retrogression) is addressed. This event will be hugely consequential as it will get much more coverage in media and much more attention of congress because of 2 reasons: It will be a really big crowd and secondly, it will be in Washington DC. Immigration Voice will arrange for permits from the metropolitan police and other authorities and we will also arrange for banners. All you have to do is show up.
Please plan to take a day off on September 18th to attend this event. If you do not live within the driving distance of DC, then there is ample time for you to book travel by air or by train ahead of time. 18th September is Tuesday and if you book your travel and accommodation ahead of time (and there is plenty of time still) then you can participate with minimal expense.
Immigration Voice wants to do something as consequential as the flower campaign and the San Jose rally but only this time, it will be much bigger and much more consequential aimed at congressional action on visa backlogs and broken system of high-skills immigration. We aim to resolve this issue but we cannot do it alone and therefore it is imperative for every one, and by that we mean EVERY ONE to show up. If you wanted to be a part of San Jose rally but couldn’t, then now is your chance to protest peacefully and fight for a fair system and just process.
Always remember, we are in United States at the invitation of our employers and our employers have filed our green card petitions in order to retain us. It is only fair and only just to ask for a system that achieves that objective without delays and without putting the immigrants in probationary limbo for 6-12 years. And it is your obligation to yourself and your family to stand up for your rights and ask congress to legislate and fix the system so that it works the way it was originally intended to work. Just ask a participant of San Jose rally of how proud and how satisfied everyone was after the rally – not just due to impact – but just because they have stood up and spoken up for their issue.
Please stay tuned for more updates about the route, times and other updates. In the meantime, please plan to travel with friends and family and let your friends know about this event. If you plan to carpool with local IV members, or book travel or hotel reservation in groups for group discount, please go here : http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=90
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
“English-speaking, legal, highly-skilled professionals face indefinite delays on the path to permanent residence (Green Cards), while the current focus is on undocumented immigrants", says Murtuza Bahrainwala.
Bahrainwala's not a computer engineer, but a physician, and is among the half-a-million highly-skilled applicants waiting in line for Green Cards for the past several years. Of all the people coming in annually, only 14% are highly-skilled applicants, however, processing backlogs and arcane country quotas impose significant restrictions on these educated future Americans. Professionals from fields as diverse as medicine, management, banking, aeronautics, finance, education and biomedical research face delays of up to a decade or more before they are able to get their Green Cards which are employment-category based. A Green Card provides several benefits- the ability to pursue career interests, create employment opportunities in the community, and affirm personal commitments
Additionally, processing delays are requiring all highly-skilled professionals, including physicians to wait for extended periods of time even if one has already applied for the final stage, I-485, or "adjustment of status". While the Senate’s proposed reform, which failed last month to gain traction, would grant exemption from the country quota and provides massive supplemental quotas for Z-visa holders, it failed to consider anything similar for highly-skilled future Americans.
This unequal treatment troubles Dr. Murtuza Bahrainwala, a specialist in Internal Medicine and Industrial Medicine who counsels employees of a leading industrial firm on occupational hazards and work safety in the underserved area of Decatur, IL. His Green Card application is stuck in processing backlogs. Meanwhile, Dr. Bahrainwala's wife, trained in the fine arts, waits to resume her career and worries about eroding skills. Going back to graduate school is prohibitive as a large number of states restrict such professionals and their families from availing instate tuition benefits while their Green Cards are pending, despite meeting all other criteria.
Such skilled professionals continue to wait for immigration reform as they postpone key decisions that affect quality of life.
Bahrainwala's not a computer engineer, but a physician, and is among the half-a-million highly-skilled applicants waiting in line for Green Cards for the past several years. Of all the people coming in annually, only 14% are highly-skilled applicants, however, processing backlogs and arcane country quotas impose significant restrictions on these educated future Americans. Professionals from fields as diverse as medicine, management, banking, aeronautics, finance, education and biomedical research face delays of up to a decade or more before they are able to get their Green Cards which are employment-category based. A Green Card provides several benefits- the ability to pursue career interests, create employment opportunities in the community, and affirm personal commitments
Additionally, processing delays are requiring all highly-skilled professionals, including physicians to wait for extended periods of time even if one has already applied for the final stage, I-485, or "adjustment of status". While the Senate’s proposed reform, which failed last month to gain traction, would grant exemption from the country quota and provides massive supplemental quotas for Z-visa holders, it failed to consider anything similar for highly-skilled future Americans.
This unequal treatment troubles Dr. Murtuza Bahrainwala, a specialist in Internal Medicine and Industrial Medicine who counsels employees of a leading industrial firm on occupational hazards and work safety in the underserved area of Decatur, IL. His Green Card application is stuck in processing backlogs. Meanwhile, Dr. Bahrainwala's wife, trained in the fine arts, waits to resume her career and worries about eroding skills. Going back to graduate school is prohibitive as a large number of states restrict such professionals and their families from availing instate tuition benefits while their Green Cards are pending, despite meeting all other criteria.
Such skilled professionals continue to wait for immigration reform as they postpone key decisions that affect quality of life.
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